THE FCC IS: responsible for regulating all non-federal government use of the radio and television broadcasting, all interstate telecommunications, and all international communications that originate or terminate in the US

Libel is...

A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation

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Barriers from African Americans from voting include...

-Literacy Tests-Poll Tax-White primaries

Redistricting is

The process in the U.S. of changing political borders-may involve changes in electoral districts and constituency boundaries

An "initiative" is...

Proposed law or state constitutional amendment placed on the ballot in response to a citizen petition

When the principal-agent problem arises, the principle wants the agent:

to represent the principals' interests. They both will have the same interests in mind.

The Bill of Rights provided for

-National government only-1st 10 amendments of the constitution-protection of people against congress on alienable rights-10th amendment is state rights-1-9 protect people against congress

The Great Compromise created:

-A bicameral government- 2 representatives for the Senate-House based on population-Tax and Revenue must pass house first

To end debate in the Senate, a procedure called:

"Cloture Vote" is used-Needs 60 to pass

The implied Powers of the president are:

Powers not given to the government directly through the constitution but are implied

-No necessary and proper clause- negotiate treaties- Veto Bills

The Exclusionary Rule:

Prevents the authorities from using illegally obtained evidence during trial

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On the whole, the Supreme Court's decisions regarding freedom of the press over the last 100 years have been:

Lenient, prior restraint is rarely used

Which of the following programs uses "means testing"?

U.S. Trust Program/Social Security-food stamp-bankruptcy

Social Contract Theory maintains that:

people give up some rights to a government or other authority in order to receive or maintain social order through the rule of law.

The Federalists were:

-Advocates of a strong central government- wrote the constitution

The Supremacy Clause in the Constitution states:

That the constitution, Federal Statutes, and U.S. Treaties as the "Supreme Law of the Land". The text established these as the highest form of law in the American legal system.

Federalism can best be described as:

a system in which the power to govern is shared between national and state governments

-two or more governments exercising authority over the same people/land

A sample in which every individual in the population has an equal probability of being included is called a(n):

Simple Random Sample

The best statistical studies have found that roll call votes in Congress are (Blank) PAC donations.

NOT influenced by

How many electoral votes are there in the Electoral College:

538

(435: House, 100+2: Senate plus DC)

A legislature composed of two chambers is called:

Bicameral

If the President is to be removed from office, the following impeachment process must be used:

1) An impeachment can open in many way in the House- as long as it begins somewhere in the House.

2)
Before taking a final vote on whether to impeach the President, the
House can vote to authorize its Judiciary Committee to being an
impeachment inquiry.

3) The Judiciary committee may at this stage conduct hearings and draw up the articles of impeachment

4)
Under the Constitution, the House must vote on articles of impeachment.
A simple majority vote can impeach the president- "Impeachment" is more
of an indictment than a conviction0 and send the case to the Senate for
trial.

5) Conviction requires 2/3 majority vote of the senate.

Getting the Senate to approve a treaty has often proved difficult for Presidents. In an attempt to avoid this difficulty President

-issues an Executive Agreement

When the United States Supreme Court grants a writ of certiorari, it means that

The Supreme Court agrees to review a lower court decision

Interest rates and monetary policy are the primary responsibility of which federal agency

Which part of the US Constitution states "the right of privacy shall not be violated by an official of any governmental unit"?

Not stated in the Constitution

The "White primary" was an effort to:

To keep non-whites from voting

The FPJM textbook claims that legal distinctions that depend on race are treated as suspect classifications. That means that:

any legal distinction based on race or membership of any ethnic group that had been discriminated again in the past

Free markets that are working efficiently do not:

-produce public goods-collective goods-monopolies-externalities-unfair business practices-protect strategically important industries

President Bush proposed that the Social Security System should create individual investment accounts that workers would be allowed to invest in the stock market. That would be a big change because, at the current time:

The Median Voted Theorem leads us to expect that 2 candidate for office will:

Make promises towards middle voters

When the media affects the salience of issues and problems, it is called:

Agenda Setting

The Medicare Program:

Provides social security recipients a braod range of medical benefits.-65 years and older-Physician tenure

At the Constitutional Convention, James Madison's proposal (the "Virginia Plan"):

-Favored strong national government-Bicameral and population based plan

A presidential candidate who accepts federal campaign funds for the general election:

-Matching funds-If a candidate chooses to receive funs, they must first raise $5,000 in contributions of $250 or less in 20 states. After that every contribution of $250 or less will be matched.-Candidates are not allowed to spend more than $50,000 of their own money

The Constitution gives the power to declare war to the:

Congress

Groups of knowledgeable people who care about specific topics and monitor political affairs are called:

Political Activists

Americans who form coherent, well-linked, patterns among their attitudes on different issues:

Ideological

For a free market to function efficiently, it is necessary for the government to:

-Protect private property-Right to buy and sell-Informed freedom of choice-Enforcement of contracts

The Constitution of the U.S. allowed slavery, but it also stipulated that:

Congress cannot band slavery until 1808

During the Constitutional Convention, the "Great Compromise":

Determined that house apportionment is based on states population, 2 senators per state,-laws must pass both house and senate

When two or more governments exercise authority overt the same people, it is known as:

Federalism

A large majority of the money donated by PACs goes to:

Incumbents

Which action did Shay's Rebellion help to precipitate?

The re-evaluation of the Articles of Confederation

"Dual Federalism" (what FPJM call "dual sovereignty") is the doctrine, which states that:

division between national and state government (layered cake)

Which of the following statements best describes the principle of separation of powers?

A system of government in which different institutions exercise different components of governmental power-Checks and balances-Power divided among three branches

Followers of classical liberalism believe that:

Liberalism: a philosophy that elevates and empowers the individual as opposed to religious, hereditary, or governmental or other forms of authority.

-Individual rights should be protected by the government

There are usually two major parties competing for political offices in the US. One likely reason for that is:

Duveger's Law: single member district system tends to have separate parties

Distributive tendencies of Congress often cause it to:

Spread the benefits of any program widely and thinly across the districts of the members

Some of the most prominent members of the Federal Bureaucracy are cabinet secretaries. Which one of the following statements about cabinet secretaries is most true?

Most secretaries are chosen for political reason-almost always a senior official-civil servant

Which of the following is true about the Federal appeals process?

-All federal district court decisions can be appealed to a circuit court of appeals-Do not accept new evidence of witnesses-most appeals court decisions are final

The FPJM text claims that recent court decisions follow a doctrine of fundamental freedoms, that doctrine states that:

Court
doctrine stating that laws impinging on the freedoms that are fundamental to
the preservation of democratic practice?the freedoms of speech, press,
assembly, and religion?are to be scrutinized by the courts more closely than
other legislation; these are also termed the ?preferred freedoms?

The Bill of Rights explicitly imposed limits

On evidence illegally obtained by law enforcement

The right of people of all races to vote:

15th amendment

When a principal hires an agent to do a specialized job, there can be slippage because:

The principal will never know if his interests are the ones being carried out by the agents

A term used to describe the close, stable connection among agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees is:

The iron triangle

The version of legislation emerging from a conference committee:

An ironed out version of a bill, coming from both the house and senate

The S.C's original jurisdiction is conferred by:

Article III of the Constitution

Executive orders;

-An implied power of the presidency-A presidential directive that has the force of law, though it is not enacted by Congress